What's new?

Not much, really.
If anyone's seen the new SGU, it kinda sucks. They ARE adding some good stuff into it, but who knows how it'll eventually turn out. I just hope it doesn't get canceled before it has the time to get good. If they had done that in SG1, we never would have had the awesomeness it has inspired in SO many people. People usually think that I'm a pretty intense nerd/geek for saying stuff like that, but it's true!
Cell phones practically came about because of Star Trek. SO many innovations happen because people simply DREAM what would be awesome and cool. Things like cell phones don't just appear because people in a researching lab "accidentally" come up with the design schematic for something like that. Now, on the other hand, I realize that many things pop up like that. But SOOOO many things have to be dreamed and THEN created. Nerds and geeks are creative in that way. They want something newer and cooler, or they have an idea for something that might be TOTALLY awesome and THEN find the technical expertize to create it. People are researching things like transporters today, probably because of Star Trek. Now, taking Star Trek for complete reality...that's a different thing. It's like making a piece of concept artwork, or a design schematic the absolute truth. Star Trek is like a piece of concept artwork for life. I realize that we will never have a true "almost perfect" society like Star Trek, that things like warp drive is, while not necessarily an impossibility, highly improbable. But you can still dream, can't you? If artists that paint pictures, or made songs never dreamed, then we would never have art!
Anyway....I didn't expect to go on a rant there, haha. I guess I just get worked up sometimes, because nerds and geeks are generally the social outcasts of life. That was basically me for most of my life. Even now, I'm wearing a shirt that says, "Do the math!" with a bunch of formulas on it. I guess I just wish that people like me weren't put down for most of their lives for dreaming up things that people in the future might take for granted. You know...look at me, I'm a geek/nerd. I'm the RA at an amazing Bible College, I've got incredible close friends who really aren't geeky or nerdy. I still LOVE to read and watch books/shows like Star Trek/Stargate, etc. but I've actually made it beyond the social stereotype. To me, it's kind of sad that people like me have to "get past" a social stereotype, JUST to fit in! Why don't people who are, say, amazing at skateboarding have to get past a social stereotype to hang out with other people. Why don't people who love sports have to get past a social stereotype just to "fit in"?
There are SO many people who have interesting, meaningful lives that don't get to express that, or "hang out" with other people, or are even seen in a completely negative light just because of the way that they are.
Well, I guess I got hyped up about that.
You know, there was a group of 5 or 6 guys that I met on Tour, and they were really the only people that I actually connected with. They played pretty much every game imaginable. I realize, that there are times when something gets to be too much and you have to make an effort to reach out and connect with other people, but these guys were kind of hanging out on their own. I saw Josh hanging out with them, so I went over and hung out. I realized that they were HARDCORE gamers. So, Josh left, because he was kind of out of his element, and I ended up talking to them the WHOLE time. They talked to me about a WHOLE lot of games, and actually pretty much sucked up all the geekyness I had in me, haha. During our event, we have a time where we introduced ourselves, and I had made a comment about these guys. I did that because I knew that people like me were NEVER talked about on stage. After the whole night was over, one of the guys came over to me with his mom and introduced me to her. It was definitely slightly weird and a little awkward, BUT I realized just how much of an impact I had made in his life. It was SOOO cool!
Seriously, I have no idea where I'm going with this. It's just kinda coming out.
This week...I've got finals. Tomorrow's song writing...and that's gonna be.....interesting. I'm really not sure what to expect, but I don't think that i'm going to do too amazingly on it. On Wednesday, I've got Music theory 3 and that's gonna be a piece of cake. I LOVE music theory. It's like math...all over again...but for my instrument. It's really cool. Then, on Friday, I've got Survey of Christian beliefs. THAT is the one that's going to kill me. It's going to be SO hard. Well...at least that's what I'm thinking. After the mid-term, I'm pretty sure that it's gonna be pretty hard.
I guess that kinda sums me up right now.
Also, just to clear things up, I don't mind being called a geek and a nerd, it's how I'm made! I love it! It's who I am. Call me a geek/nerd...even a gerd....a neek...or a gerk...if you want to. I don't neccessarily find it attractive...or anything like that. BUT, I know the truth about myself. I'm a geek! I'm a nerd! I just don't like it if you do that in a negative way.
Matt.